Arthur Schopenhauer, the depressed German philosopher, cheers himself up with a lovely pink doughnut. As we all know, a doughnut can cure even severe cases of Weltschmerz - best to have some on hand.
A beautiful woodpecker! Image based on a scientific illustration by Eliza Turck, from about 1883. The original chromolithograph is somewhat digitally adapted.
This is the first letter in a paragraph of an old prayer book, a so called illuminated initial. The book was created about 1490 in Flanders, Europe. Courtesy of The Walters Art Museum.
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blue, medieval, gold color, medieval miniature, o
A beautiful insect image, here brought back to new life from the since long forgotten book "An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India..." published in 1800 by E. Donovan. Donovan has the insect name as Mantis viridis, but the accepted name has changed.
Image from "Emblematum ethico-politicorum centuria" by Julius Wilhelm Zincgref, published 1624. Original black and white copper engraving by Matthaeus Merian, color added digitally by Luggnagg.
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battleship, blowing, blue sea, blue sky, blue sky with clouds
Watercolor by M. de Gijselaar, dated 1831. Here the dull grey background of the original has been removed digitally, and replaced with a deep sky blue in all product adaptations except t-shirts.
Image based on a hand colored engraving from "Natürliche Abbildungen der merkwürdigsten Amphÿbien nach ihren Geschlechtern", by G.A.Lange, Berlin 1783.